Re: [BUG?] macOS (Intel) build warnings: "ranlib: file … has no symbols" for aarch64 objects

From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, John Naylor <johncnaylorls(at)gmail(dot)com>, Zhang Mingli <zmlpostgres(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [BUG?] macOS (Intel) build warnings: "ranlib: file … has no symbols" for aarch64 objects
Date: 2026-04-29 15:40:15
Message-ID: afImX3yAhBpjzIw-@nathan
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On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 09:58:58AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org> writes:
>> Why should this be backpatched at all?
>
> To silence those warnings. If you're using a Mac for development,
> they're pretty annoying. And we have generally had a policy of
> trying to silence warnings in still-interesting branches.

Right, I was under the impression that was project policy, or at least
allowed per project policy.

--
nathan

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